East 233rd Street is a major thoroughfare in the

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. The road is long and stretches from

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(Boston Road) in the Eastchester section of the Bronx to the Major Deegan Expressway (I-87) in Woodlawn (near

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). The road changes names from East 233rd Street to Pinkley Avenue after the eastern terminus, at Boston Road. There is one interchange with a highway along the way, which is for the Bronx River Parkway. There are two subway stations along the road, one at Dyre Avenue, serving the , and one at

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, serving the .

Street description

East 233rd Street begins at an interchange with

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and Interstate 87, the Major Deegan Expressway, in

. The road serves as the northern border of Woodlawn Cemetery until its intersection with

Webster Avenue Webster Avenue is a major north–south thoroughfare in the Bronx, New York City, United States. It stretches for from Melrose to Woodlawn (on the Bronx- Westchester borderline). The road starts at the intersection of Melrose Avenue, East 165th ...

, where it meets

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at the Woodlawn station. Webster Avenue also serves as the access point to and from the southbound side of the Bronx River Parkway, though the Parkway signs this exit for "East 233rd Street." Access for the northbound side of the Parkway is provided by Bronx Boulevard. One block east at Carpenter Avenue, the road passes by Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center on the south side. At an interchange with

, the road passes by the subway station that serves the trains. Now in the neighborhood of Edenwald, the road intersects Baychester Avenue (the former routing of Route 164) at the northwest corner of Seton Falls Park. In the neighborhood of Eastchester, the road passes by the second subway station, which serves the train. A few blocks to the east, the road intersects Provost Avenue, which carries Route 22. The road then narrows down from four lanes to two lanes, and terminates at a partial interchange with Boston Road, which carries U.S. 1. However, access is only provided to U.S. 1 south via service roads. From here, the road continues south for two additional blocks known as Pinkley Avenue.

History

Originally, between its western end and

, East 233rd Street was known as Eastchester Street. It was known as 19th Avenue within Wakefield, where it served as the southern border of Jacksonville. In Eastchester, the street was called Fisher's Landing Road, running to the

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to the site of land owned by William Fisher. Between Webster and Provost Avenues, East 233rd Street was once part of

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, which previously continued into

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1960 The road was also part of the alignment for the proposed City Line Expressway.

Transportation

There are two New York City Subway stations along East 233rd Street. The first one, 233rd Street, is located at the intersection of 233rd and White Plains Road. It serves the and has a connection to the Metro-North line at the nearby Webster Avenue intersection. The second one, Eastchester–Dyre Avenue, is located at the Dyre Avenue intersection with Eastchester. The station serves the and is the end of the

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. There is access to the Bx16, Bx31 and Bx34 buses provided by the

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Street description

History

Transportation

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